Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0 Double Clicks when Clicked Once.

[Richard B]

Upon moving from Windows XP to Vista, a new PC, the Microsoft Mouse has
taken up a bad habit of double clicking when it is only clicked once.
This is so prevalent that we are hesitant to use it to click on certain
items. For example, the delete button in mail. We delete two messages
instead of the one we clicked on. For fun try playing solitaire,
flipping two cards, instead of one, after a while it really gets annoying.

I have tried to adjust the settings and checked with Microsoft and
downloaded the latest drivers for this but it has not improved. It may
actually be getting worse.

Any suggestions?

Is it time to get a new mouse?

Thank,

Richard..

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Upon moving from Windows XP to Vista, a new PC, the Microsoft Mouse has
taken up a bad habit of double clicking when it is only clicked once. This
is so prevalent that we are hesitant to use it to click on certain items.
For example, the delete button in mail. We delete two messages instead of
the one we clicked on. For fun try playing solitaire, flipping two cards,
instead of one, after a while it really gets annoying.

I have tried to adjust the settings and checked with Microsoft and
downloaded the latest drivers for this but it has not improved. It may
actually be getting worse.

Any suggestions?

Is it time to get a new mouse?

Thank,

Richard..

Try a different mouse and see if it exhibits the same behavior..


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[Steve Thackery]

Upon moving from Windows XP to Vista, a new PC, the Microsoft Mouse has

taken up a bad habit of double clicking when it is only clicked once.

This is really common with Microsoft mice. The problem is due to the
microswitch going "noisy".

If you're OK with a soldering iron you could swap it with the microswitch
under the right-click button - I've done this several times over the past
several years. The right mouse button is used far less often, and double
clicks on it rarely do any harm.

Alternatively, you might just want to buy a new mouse. Logitech mice seem
slightly less prone to it, although still not immune. Presumably they have
better 'debounce' built in.

SteveT